Example sentences of "be it [to-vb] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | there is no doubt that this is not a publication to be left around the bedroom floor gathering foot prints and Coca-Cola stains , but then similar neither is it to lie moribund on the coffee table or in the display cabinet . |
| 2 | Is it to resolve curiosity about black people , or is it an experiment ? |
| 3 | When we advocate euthanasia is it to stop pain or to prevent our own distress at having to watch it ? |
| 4 | What is it to claim authority or to accept that someone has authority over one ? |
| 5 | In the light of our results , we believe that the best clinical approach for an acute diagnosis of a Barrett 's oesophagus is the combination of endoscopic and manometric studies ; but how accurate is it to compare distances measured by manometry from distances measured by endoscopy ? |
| 6 | The purpose of the opening in the south wall of the choir behind the rector 's desk is open to conjecture : is it to give light at the desk , which otherwise would be in deep shadow , or is it a hagioscope ( peephole ) ? |
| 7 | How common is it to find Christians who have thought through the problem of doubt as a whole , rather than thinking through doubt piecemeal ? |
| 8 | How common is it to find churches which encourage a person to be open and honest about his doubting ? |
| 9 | How easy is it to show concern for school work when a beloved father takes you to school in the morning and kills himself by midday ? |
| 10 | But whose ministry is it to bring things to mind and to convict ? |
| 11 | Is it to avoid confusion with other films of the same name or is it to give hapless viewers an idea of who they were dating , or supposed to be dating , at the time ? |
| 12 | Is it to provide herbs for use , such as flavouring herbs , medicinal herbs , or household and insecticidal herbs ? |
| 13 | So alien was it to see Mary Joe playing that way that I suspect she was injured and an android had been substituted , and wrongly programmed . |
| 14 | Or was it to organise workpeople to fight the most immediate battles ? |